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CASES is Hiring a Criminal Justice Specialist Near New York, NY
Job Title: Criminal Justice Specialist
Job Summary:
The purpose of Forensic Assertive Community Treatment is to deliver comprehensive and effective services to individuals - age 18 and up - who are diagnosed with serious mental illness, suffer from co-occurring substance use disorders, have histories of criminal legal system involvement, and whose needs have not been well met by more traditional service delivery approaches. Assertive Community Treatment is an evidence-based practice that provides an integrated set of other evidence-based treatment, rehabilitation, case management, and support services delivered by a mobile, multi-disciplinary mental health treatment team to support recipient recovery through a highly individualized approach that provides recipients with the tools to obtain and maintain housing, employment, relationships and relief from symptoms and medication side effects.
The FACT Criminal Justice Specialist is a Master’s level mental health clinician who outreaches clients in the community to provide treatment and services with high fidelity to the ACT model. The Criminal Justice Specialist provides engagement services and psychoeducation to clients, and liaise and advocate for clients within the criminal legal system, including but not limited to: provide court updates, coordinate clients’ care during their incarceration, provide advocacy letters to clients’ defense attorneys, etc. Specific titles do not limit the scope of clinical services that the staff member provides as FACT staff are both generalists and specialists, based on their areas of experience and interest.
Salary: The salary for this role is $61,800.18 per year.
Location Address: 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd 4th Floor, New York, NY 10027. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.
What you will be doing:
- Provide at least 80 percent of treatment contacts in the community and complete expected minimum monthly treatment contacts, including leading groups when clinically indicated;
- Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs;
- Complete documentations required by the NYS Office of Mental Health and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines as well as per CASES ACT Policy and Procedures;
- Liaise with other stakeholders who are involved in clients’ justice involvement - e.g. Correctional Health Services, defense attorney, judge, court diversion programs, etc - to advocate for client care and services;
- Collaborate with client’s support network and other service providers on treatment planning, service coordination, and case management support with the goal of promoting client’s recovery and stability in the community;
- Provide clinical services that are anti-racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based.
- Complete required documentations and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment order;
- Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis;
- Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.
What we are looking for:
- LMHC, MHC-LP, LMSW, LCSW, with current New York State license;
- Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, and/or co-occurring substance use disorders;
- Experience with various evidence-based models pertaining to treatment of substance use, and mental illness;
- Experience working with individuals involved in criminal legal system preferred;
- A team player, highly organized and self-motivated;
- Proficient in computers;
- Fluency in Spanish preferred.
- Individuals with lived experience are encouraged to apply.
Benefits:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually, plus an additional summer self-care day.
- 12 Paid Holidays per year
- Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
- Employee Referral Program
- Visit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES
Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position you feel you are qualified for.
CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.
Job Summary
Full Time
Business Services
$45k-55k (estimate)
03/28/2024
05/27/2024
casecosi.com
GLENDALE, CA
1,000 - 3,000
2006
$200M - $500M
Business Services
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